Cordilleran Section - 109th Annual Meeting (20-22 May 2013)

Session No. 4
Monday, 20 May 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Salon A1 (Radisson Hotel and Conference Center)

T2. Mélanges: Comparison and Contrast Between Circum-Pacific and Tethyan Chaotic Rock Bodies, and Modern Submarine Analogues

 

Yildirim Dilek, Andrea Festa and Yujiro Ogawa, Advocates
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1:30 PM
WHAT IS “A MÉLANGE”?  - A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON UNITS OF MÉLANGES IN MINO AND SHIMANTO ACCRETIONARY COMPLEXES IN SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN
WAKITA, Koji, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, 1677-1, Yamaguchi, 7538512, Japan, k-wakita@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp, k-wakita@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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1:50 PM
FRANCISCAN COMPLEX: MAPPING OF MÉLANGES AND TERRANES IN THE NORTHERNMOST CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES, A RETROSPECTIVE
AALTO, K.R., Geology Dept, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst St, Arcata, CA 95521, kra1@humboldt.edu, kra1@humboldt.edu
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2:10 PM
NEW INTERPRETATION OF FRANCISCAN MÉLANGE AT SAN SIMEON COAST, CALIFORNIA: TECTONIC INTRUSION INTO AN ACCRETIONARY PRISM
OGAWA, Yujiro, 1-1-2-C-740 Yokodai, Century Tsukubamiraidaira, Tsukubamirai, 3002358, Japan and MORI, Ryota, Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Tokyo, Japan, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp
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2:30 PM
MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND SEDIMENTARY MéLANGES: INTERNAL DEFORMATIONS, STRATAL DISRUPTION AND OCCURRENCE OF EXOTIC BLOCKS
PINI, Gian Andrea, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni, 67, Bologna, 40127, Italy, FESTA, Andrea, Università di Torino, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, OGATA, Kei, Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra ‘Macedonio Melloni’, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, I-43124, Italy, CAMERLENGHI, Angelo, Sezione di Geofisica, Istituto Nazionale Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Sgonico (Trieste), 34010, Italy, DILEK, Yildirim, Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 116 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 and STRASSER, Michael, Geologisches Institut, Departement Erdwissenschaften, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, gianandrea.pini@unibo.it, gianandrea.pini@unibo.it
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2:50 PM
WHAT IS AN EXOTIC BLOCK? IMPORTANCE IN EVALUATING ORIGINS OF MÉLANGE
WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, jwakabayashi@csufresno.edu, jwakabayashi@csufresno.edu
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3:10 PM
MÉLANGES AND OTHER TYPES OF BLOCK-IN-MATRIX FORMATIONS IN THE CANTABRIAN ZONE (VARISCAN OROGEN, NW SPAIN): ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE
ALONSO, Juan Luis1, MARCOS, Alberto1, VILLA, Elisa1, SÚAREZ, Angela2 and MERINO-TOMÉ, Oscar A.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Oviedo, c/ Arias de Velasco s/n, Oviedo, 33005, Spain, (2)Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Parque Científico de León, Avda. Real 1, León, 24006, Spain, jlalonso@geol.uniovi.es, jlalonso@geol.uniovi.es
 
3:30 PM
Discussion
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3:50 PM
POLYGENETIC MÉLANGES IN THE LIGURIAN ACCRETIONARY WEDGE (NORTHERN APENNINES, ITALY)
FESTA, Andrea, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, DILEK, Yildirim, Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 116 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 and PINI, Gian Andrea, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni, 67, Bologna, 40127, Italy, andrea.festa@unito.it, andrea.festa@unito.it
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4:10 PM
PROGRESSIVE MELANGE EXHUMATION ALONG A PRE-ANDEAN TRANSPRESSIONAL FAULT SYSTEM, CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA, CHILE (26°S – 42°S)
KATO, Terence T., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State Univ, Chico, CA 95929-0205 and GODOY, Estanislao, V. Subercaseaux, Pirque, 4100, Chile, tkato@csuchico.edu, tkato@csuchico.edu
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4:30 PM
NEO-TETHYAN AND PALEO-TETHYAN MÉLANGES IN ANATOLIA
OKAY, Aral, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, okay@itu.edu.tr, okay@itu.edu.tr
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4:50 PM
A LATE ARCHEAN TECTONIC MÉLANGE IN THE CENTRAL OROGENIC BELT, NORTH CHINA CRATON
WANG, Junpeng1, KUSKY, Timothy M.2, POLAT, Ali3, WANG, Lu4, DENG, Hao1, WANG, Songjie4, WANG, Zhensheng4 and ALHOUSSEYNI, Traore4, (1)Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)State Key Lab for Geological Processes, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON Ontario N9B, Canada, (4)State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, wangjp1986@gmail.com, wangjp1986@gmail.com
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5:10 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF NEOARCHEAN MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND LATE MAFIC DIKES AND SILLS IN THE ZANHUANG COMPLEX, CENTRAL OROGENIC BELT, NORTH CHINA CRATON: IMPLICATIONS FOR GEODYNAMIC SETTING
DENG, Hao1, KUSKY, Timothy M.2, POLAT, Ali3, WANG, Lu4, WANG, Junpeng5 and WANG, Songjie4, (1)Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)State Key Lab for Geological Processes, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON Ontario N9B, Canada, (4)State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, (5)Wuhan, 430074, China, denghao815@gmail.com, denghao815@gmail.com
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